Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior Volume 3 R-Z by Rosalyn Carson-De Witt
Macmillan Reference; 2nd edition | 2001 | English | ISBN: 0028655443 | 426 pages | PDF | 4 MB
***This is volume 3 of 4*** Why a second edition of the "Encyclopedia of drugs and alcohol?" And why change the name to the "Encyclopedia of drugs, alcohol, and addictive behavior?" Consider a smattering of statistics: in 1999, 10.3 million people (4.7% of the American population) ages 12 years or older were dependent on illicit drugs or alcohol; in 1998, it was estimated that approximately 19,000 alcohol induced deaths occur annually in the United States; in 1993, it was reported that 13,984 people were killed in alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents; 3,765 of these individuals had not been drinking themselves;…